pregnancy and congenital heart disease

... months, range: months to years) and had cardiac surgery performed between December 1985 and October 1991 at the German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany All patients had congenital cardiac defects ... expression during conditions of increased pulmonary vascular resistance secondary to congenital heart disease in infants and children This upregulation appears to be linked to pulmonary hypertension ... increases in iNOS immunoreactivity but no changes in eNOS immunoreactivity in patients with congenital heart disease and flow-associated pulmonary hypertension [27] The present study shows upregulation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... JA: Task Force 2: congenital heart disease J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 45: 1326–33 10 Reybrouck T, Mertens L: Physical performance and physical activity in grown-up congenital heart disease Eur J Cardiovasc ... serious congenital heart disease Pediatrics 2005; 116: 1339–45 22 Fredriksen PM, Kahrs N, Blaasvaer S et al.: Effect of physical training in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease ... of congenital heart disease makes issuing a so-called sports certificate difficult A form that covers all forms of disease does not exist In many children with successfully treated heart disease, ...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Morphologically Right Ventricle Robert Anderson Morphologically Left Ventricle VENTRICULAR TOPOLOGY – Robert Anderson Right hand Left hand The Great Arterial Position • The viscera and atria: The types of visceroatrial ... Segmental Approach of Anderson Atrial arrangement, Atrioventricular connections, and Ventriculoarterial connections Atrial Arrangement Robert Anderson Atrioventricular Connections Robert Anderson Atrioventricular ... anomalous pulmonary venous connection Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Ebstein’s anomaly Segmental System of Classification of Lesions of Congenital Heart Disease: Level I II III IV V VI Great veins Atria...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... 2007, 167(4):396-416 34 Andreassi MG, Ait-Ali L, Botto N, et al: Cardiac catheterization and longterm chromosomal damage in children with congenital heart disease [J] Eur Heart J 2006, 27(22):2703-2708 ... regurgitation, heart rupture, IE, hemolysis and thrombosis, and strokes within perioperation Generally, the incisions of OPOTTMIS were 2.0 ~ 5.0 cm in length, and there were no blood transfusion and mechanical ... chromosomal DNA damage in children with congenital heart disease Heart 2010, 96(4):269-274 38 Signorello LB, Mulvihill JJ, Green DM, et al: Stillbirth and neonatal death in relation to radiation...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... chylothorax and developed an algorithm for the therapeutic approach Patients and methods We carried out a systematic retrospective review of our institutional database on all surgeries of congenital heart ... of Results We analyzed the data of 282 neonatal or infant operations on congenital heart disease (between January 2000 and October 2006) 26 out of 282 patients (=9.2%) were diagnosed with chylothorax ... diagnoses and operations, and the retrospective design Due to these limitations, we could not methodically analyze the impact of the loss of pro- and anti-coagulation factors, total protein and immunoglobulins...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... Cardiac Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease: Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease: Pediatric and Adult Charles E Mullins, MD Professor ... catheterization in children Congenital heart disease in children—Surgery Cardiac catheterization I Title [DNLM: Heart Defects, Congenital diagnosis Heart Defects, Congenital therapy Heart Catheterization—methods ... be experts in the anatomy and hemodynamics of congenital heart disease Most complex interventional (therapeutic) catheterization procedures performed on congenital heart patients should be performed...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... specifications of the sheaths and dilators and their specific uses are discussed here As with the needles and wires, the sheaths and dilators are available in many sizes and varieties and from many different ... of pediatric and congenital heart patients The advantages and the exact technique of this approach as well as the reasons for particular preferences for certain types of sheath and dilators are ... few hundred kilograms) and the infinite varieties of defects and procedures encountered In spite of the huge variety of equipment which is available and used for congenital heart patients, very...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... curve Both the catheter and the deflector wire (and handle!) within the catheter must be torqued and moved to and fro together The active deflector wires are not teflon coated, and tend to bind within ... sheaths/dilators, and to support all varieties of balloon dilation catheters during dilation procedures Standard spring guide wires have been used in the catheterization of pediatric and congenital heart ... curve and/ or resistance within the heart and the inferior vena cava is out of the field of visualization Knots and/ or kinks occur most commonly with flow-directed balloon tipped catheters and woven...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... ventricular pressures are between 15 and 30 mmHg peak systolic and and mmHg end diastolic The normal left ventricular pressures are between 90 and 110 mmHg peak systolic and and 10 mmHg end diastolic As ... series, and in the absence of connections or leaks (shunts) between the two sides (pumps) within the heart, there is a constant and equal flow of blood into and out of each side of the heart Thus ... side of the heart Thus the flow into and out of either side of the heart is equivalent to the net flow into and out of the entire heart • There must be complete and uniform distribution within the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... fractured and no longer function to sense or pace the heart As such, they serve no positive function and at the same time act as a source of thrombi, mechanical irritation to the heart and heart ... treating congenital heart lesions3 Equipment for balloon dilation in congenital heart lesions Balloons The balloons used for valve and vessel dilations are cylindrical “static” balloons, which expand ... age and size of patients and the large variety of lesions within pediatric /congenital heart patients, a huge inventory of the full range of balloon diameters and lengths must be available in a congenital...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... complex catheterisation in congenital heart disease Heart 1996; 76(2): 173 –177 12 Joseph G, Mandalay A, and Rajendiran G Percutaneous recanalization and balloon angioplasty of congenital isolated local ... atrium and left ventricle clearly demonstrates the exact positions and any peculiarities of the left heart anatomy The left heart hemodynamics are obtained by means of a prograde left heart catheterization ... ventricle and the catheter in the descending aorta before, during and after the dilation procedure This allows simultaneous aortic and left ventricular pressure monitoring and recording during and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... balloon is expanded at low pressure and just enough to approximate the inside of the partially expanded stent With the larger balloon expanded at low pressure within the stent and before expanding the ... the stent and a balloon large enough to expand and fix the stent in the caudal inferior vena cava is advanced over the wire and into the loose, partially expanded stent The balloon is expanded at ... without inflating and expanding the second balloon and stent simultaneously However, access to the branching vessel, in which the stent is not being implanted (expanded) initially and simultaneously,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... peripheral occlusions1– In the pediatric and congenital heart population there are numerous abnormal congenital and acquired vascular communications and intravascular “leaks” which require or, ... devices and have had the longest continued use in pediatric and congenital heart lesions They are particularly useful for small or tortuous vessels and have gained enormous popularity and use ... the collapsed and the expanded states Once the balloon/stent combination is in position in the ductus, and before the stent is expanded in the ductus, the anatomy of the whole ductus and, in particular,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... frame of the device to bow away from the mandrel and begin to coil The inner control catheter and mandrel (and device) again are advanced 1–2 cm and the mandril withdrawn the same distance, uncoiling ... from the mandrel on the right side of the septum Again, by slowly and meticulously advancing the inner control catheter and mandrel together and then alternately, withdrawing the mandrel the ... sheaths and on the wires and devices In addition, all sheaths and catheters are cleared meticulously of air and clot during each exchange of sheath/ CHAPTER 28 dilator, wire, catheter and device and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... and venous) that are encountered in pediatric and congenital heart patients and present exciting challenges for new developments in the pediatric /congenital cardiac catheterization laboratory ... patients with congenital heart disease who have very significant pulmonary valve regurgitation as a result of prior surgical and/ or interventional procedures on the pulmonary valve and/ or right ... at that time When the ductus patency and flow are prostaglandin dependent, the 30 minutes usually are sufficient time for the prostaglandin effect to wear off and for the ductus to close functionally...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 12:20

... using CMR in a population of patients with congenital and acquired heart disease 1.1 The Importance of Myocardial Perfusion in Congenital and Acquired Heart Diseases 1.1.1 Transposition of the Great ... in congenital and acquired heart disease (Broberg et al., 2010) The gold standard method in evaluations of DMF marker of heart diseases is endomyocardial biopsy, which is an invasive method and ... was described in 1933 by Bland, White, and Garland (Bland et al., 1933) It is a rare congenital coronary artery abnormality and is associated with early infant mortality and also sudden death in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/05/2016, 20:50

... gene counting and compared using the ‫ ²א‬test The data was analysed using SPSS 12.0 software The association between the +294T/C polymorphism and serum lipids, coronary heart disease, and body mass ... exists References Discussion and Conclusions To address the question whether the +T294C polymorphism in PPARδ is associated with the risk for coronary heart disease and/ or plasma lipid levels in ... supervised by handing out a nutritional diary which was submitted at each of the further visits to the clinic After weeks the patients attended the clinic again and it is the lipid values and biometric...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... of congenital heart disease from the elementary student heart disease screening program Korean Journal Preventive Medicine, 34, 427–436 Linde, L M (1982) Psychiatric aspects of congenital heart ... child’s congenital heart disease Heart, 90, 435–439 Asian Nursing Research ❖ September 2007 ❖ Vol ❖ No Clare, M D (1985) Home care of infants and children with cardiac disease Heart & Lung, 14, 218–222 ... Qualitative Health Research, 10, 225–241 Lee, H J (2001) Congenital heart disease after childhood—experience of “Grown up Congenital Heart Clinic (GUCH Clinic)” Korean Circulation Journal, 31,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... fever and rheumatic heart disease Group A streptococcal infections Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease Determinants of the disease burden of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease ... rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in school children of Kathmandu city Indian Heart Journal, 1997, 49:518–520 41 Mendis S, Nasser M, Perera K A study of rheumatic heart disease and rheumatic ... Cataloguing-in-Publication Data WHO Expert Consultation on Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease (2001 : Geneva, Switzerland) Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease : report of a WHO Expert Consultation, Geneva,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... 9388 3343 National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia ... gradients and a reduced valve area once they develop exertional symptoms Pregnancy and rheumatic heart disease Normal pregnancy will worsen the effects of any pre-existing valvular disease Predictors ... and Torres Strait Islanders’ and ‘Aboriginal’ have been used interchangeably in accordance with the references utilised Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20